cuisine
Americannoun
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a style or quality of cooking; cookery.
Italian cuisine; This restaurant has an excellent cuisine.
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Archaic. the kitchen or culinary department of a house, hotel, etc.
noun
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a style or manner of cooking
French cuisine
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the food prepared by a restaurant, household, etc
Etymology
Origin of cuisine
1475–85; < French: literally, kitchen < Vulgar Latin *cocīna, for Latin coquīna; kitchen
Example Sentences
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Zhao told AFP he was looking forward to eating North Korea's "incredibly rich and diverse" cuisine and hoped increased exchanges between both countries could deepen ties "to a new level".
From Barron's
Samantha Hutchison, the council's assistant director of community services, said the classes offered "a fantastic opportunity for people to come together, share skills, experience different cultural cuisines and improve both their health and community wellbeing".
From BBC
There’s tzatziki, a salted yogurt and cucumber dip that’s rooted in Greek cuisine.
From Salon
It’s the moment when old-school French — think white tablecloths, heavy sauces and snooty maitre’d’s — faded into the background, allowing nouvelle cuisine and what we now call New American to take its place.
From Los Angeles Times
Deighton also authored a number of historical books about the Second World War and, as a cookery writer, helped to introduce French cuisine to the UK.
From BBC
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